Lois Trimble

A Funeral Mass was held Saturday, April 13, 2013 at St. Patrick’s Catholic Church, Clear Lake, with Rev. John Gossman and Msgr. John Hemann co-celebrating. Interment was held at Memorial Park Cemetery, Mason City. Memorials may be given to the Lois Trimble Memorial Fund.

Lois was born on the family farm near Wesley, Iowa, on Feb. 15, 1924 the daughter of Anthony Joseph and Oma Elizabeth (Downs) Hildman. She attended first grade in Whittemore, Iowa, and second through eighth grade in parochial school in Wesley. She graduated from Wesley High School in 1942, then graduated from Hamilton Business College in Mason City. She worked for the Globe Gazette in the classified advertising department for four years.

Lois married Morris Trimble Oct. 8, 1947 in Wesley. She worked with her husband at Forest City Aviation Inc. from 1971 – 1992. She loved gardening, was an avid reader, enjoyed sewing and her Busy Bee Club. Lois was a member of St. Patrick’s Catholic Church in Clear Lake.